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Easter Dinner: Chinese

Abstract:

Random quote of the
evening:"That's like drunk
math."

Body:

No, I didn't mess up the pasta (yet). The pasta
dinner has been tentatively rescheduled for tonight (Monday). At least now I can
go to Target or something during the day and get some cheap wine glasses. I
planned on making the dinner when I got back from Isaac's film shoot, which
started at 7. The shoot went very well, and Isaac even treated us to Chinese.
Chinese food, that is, not actual Chinese people, which would have been kinda
weird. I learned how to play the "Fortune Cookie Game" and definitely have a
deeper appreciation for those fortunes now. I might even start ordering Chinese
(again, the food) just so I can play. Plus, sesame chicken is pretty good. Umm,
so I'm talking about what I had to eat, which I realize is boring. Who am I?
Blake? When we wrapped for the night, I learned that although my film had been
rejected by all of the festivals I submitted it to, it will be screened at the
Johns Hopkins Film
Fest. That was nice
surprise.

After the shoot, which ended
a little after 2, I turned my phone back on, which was off during the shoot
because it interferes with every piece of audio equipment I come in contact
with. I had three messages waiting, with the last one from just before 2, which
was my mom letting me know that my family's flight had been canceled, and they
were stranded in Atlanta, which apparently has no vacant hotel rooms. Since they
were without Internet access, I got online and spent the next hour or so
searching for a way to get them out of there, including looking at airports
within a few hours driving distance of Atlanta and checking train schedules. I
finally got them on a flight at 6:45 tonight. That's still over 14 hours from
now. Hopefully they'll be able to figure something else out before then, but at
least they have those (refundable) tickets as a
backup.

The whole airport thing wore me
out, so I'm not going to do the dinner tonight. Of course the next few days are
looking pretty busy too, so I don't know if I'll have time before the weekend to
do anything that can't be made in the microwave or toaster oven.